Industry and Regulators Committee

23 June 2026

Industry and Regulators Committee Actual start House of Lords

19:46 - 20:28
Speaker 1
Good morning and welcome to this session of the Industry and Regulators Committee as part of our inquiry into the relationship between the government and the defence and related industries. 

These proceedings are being broadcast live on Parliament TV.  There will also be a Hansard record.  You'll have a chance to look at that in case we've misunderstood any of the words that you spoke and you'll be able to make corrections.  I will introduce my colleagues as they put questions to you, but I think if we could just start by you introducing yourselves and then we'll go into questions. 
20:28 - 20:57
Speaker 2
Thank you, my lady, for inviting me to today's session.  My name's Jon Parker.  I'm the founder of Flyby Technology, a drone company that's all-domain. 

My background is an aeronautical engineer and fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.  I was an airline training captain and I was on the design team for HMS Queen Elizabeth class of aircraft carriers and set this company up to deliver combat capability for the UK. 

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